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Lecture Three: Torts – Intentional Torts and Negligence

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This lecture provides a comprehensive overview of tort law, focusing on intentional torts and negligence. It covers the definitions, elements, and defenses associated with these legal concepts, along with practical examples and exam strategies for bar exam preparation. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding these principles for both the MBE and MEE portions of the bar exam.

Takeaways

Intentional torts involve deliberate conduct that causes harm.

Negligence is defined as the failure to exercise reasonable care.

Consent can negate liability in intentional torts.

Self-defense allows for reasonable force against imminent harm.

Assumption of risk can bar recovery in negligence cases.

Intentional infliction of emotional distress requires extreme conduct.

Duty is a legal obligation to conform to a standard of care.

Breach occurs when the standard of care is not met.

Causation includes both actual and proximate causes.

Understanding tort law is crucial for bar exam success.

torts, intentional torts, negligence, legal defenses, bar exam, civil liability, tort law, legal standards, exam strategies, MBE, MEE

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This lecture provides a comprehensive overview of tort law, focusing on intentional torts and negligence. It covers the definitions, elements, and defenses associated with these legal concepts, along with practical examples and exam strategies for bar exam preparation. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding these principles for both the MBE and MEE portions of the bar exam.

Takeaways

Intentional torts involve deliberate conduct that causes harm.

Negligence is defined as the failure to exercise reasonable care.

Consent can negate liability in intentional torts.

Self-defense allows for reasonable force against imminent harm.

Assumption of risk can bar recovery in negligence cases.

Intentional infliction of emotional distress requires extreme conduct.

Duty is a legal obligation to conform to a standard of care.

Breach occurs when the standard of care is not met.

Causation includes both actual and proximate causes.

Understanding tort law is crucial for bar exam success.

torts, intentional torts, negligence, legal defenses, bar exam, civil liability, tort law, legal standards, exam strategies, MBE, MEE

  continue reading

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